Return from Oneida, TN

We spent a very relaxing couple of days with friends in Oneida - well almost all relaxing. There was a few hours of digging out a RZR all terrain vehicle after we managed to get it stuck in a muddy creek!

I had taken my wheel and was able to fill two bobbins of a grey romney singles.  The wool had come from an inherited stash of odds and ends and it seemed like it would be easy to spin. It was!  I was able to ply it into a skein of about 2.7 oz., 140 yards 2-ply.  I'll look at a potential weaving project using this wool and some Clun Forest white 2-ply.

Skein of NZ Romney 2-ply

Once home we did some guard hair picking and lock sorting with the llama (Moonshadow).  That resulted in 2.5 oz of white which I washed and dried.  I then ran it through the carder twice and dizzed it off the drum to produce some nice looking roving that should be a dream to spin.

Llama (Moonshadow) roving.

I've also made progress on the guild challenge project - incorporating some of the supplied hand spun yarn as a supplementary weft and one other variegated yarn into a small square (using tapestry techniques).  I'll use up more of the yarn pieces in further squares.

Guild challenge project progress.

 And finally I've also been working on more Fall colored towels - these ones with a brown weft instead of the original white.  I think my towel count is 7 (of 10), but with the trip up to Townsend and weaving up there I've lost count a bit.  I did manage to finish one and a half towels up there while still talking to visitors most of the day.